Kingston Ontario neighborhood and a patent, page-4

Then there is this collaboration with CSIRO.....for.... LITHIUM OXIDE via nitric acid....and I hazard Nige & Co. have met with this mob in Perth, homegrown :

https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairseasiaprod/production-ausimm-public/7919eaa9fc1a4410a21d67b26f19889a



This is looking similar to Rocktech’s patent pending. Key matter here is less intensive energy process, and waste material likely to yield a market compared to sulphates. Hence Rock Tech via German think Tablet Wolfgang Voigt

I suspect this patent has been bedtime material for Nige

more info, reveals a pilot plant is being executed since early 2020

https://www.griffithhack.com/ideas/case-studies/how-hard-rock-and-acid-might-be-the-answer-to-greener-power/

some interesting leads, Australian, Canadian/Swiss (Glencore), Canadia/German (Rock Tech Thiel)